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Home repair companies in Dubuque County, IA
How Dubuque County, IA compares with other counties and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,362 of 2,057 scored counties
#19 of 67 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 52
- 2 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 73
- +4.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $111.9M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,729 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.7
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 99,381
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,729 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Dubuque County spend about $111.9M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 52 home repair companies, that is $2.2M per company, 11% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Dubuque County has 52 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 4% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That is 12.7 per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Official counts show 73 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Dubuque County in 2023, up 4.3% from 2019. That is one for every 561 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Dubuque County grew 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Dubuque County scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #1,362 of 2,057 scored counties and #19 of 67 scored counties in Iowa.
How Dubuque County compares
The same measures for Iowa and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all home repairs, maintenance and insurance by the home repair companies counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Dubuque County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.7 | 14.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $1.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 561 | 572 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.3% | +7.2% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,729 | $2,714 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $77,630 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 70 → 73+4.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 755
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $52.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 522 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 46The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Dubuque County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Dubuque County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 99,381+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 40,989
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 608 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 163
- Median household income
- $77,630+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,177
- Median home value
- $237,300
- Jobs located here
- 58,941
- Daytime population
- 105,695Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dallas County, IA | 87 | 37 | 8.7 | $3.8M | +17.8% | #10 of 2,057 |
| 2Benton County, IA | 65 | 9 | 8.8 | $3.2M | +1.8% | #356 of 2,057 |
| 3Mahaska County, IA | 61 | 5 | 5.7 | $4.4M | −1.2% | #513 of 2,057 |
| 4Story County, IA | 61 | 39 | 10.0 | $2.7M | +2.7% | #531 of 2,057 |
| 5Johnson County, IA | 61 | 75 | 11.8 | $2.4M | +4.6% | #545 of 2,057 |
| 6Guthrie County, IA | 55 | 5 | 10.9 | $2.5M | +1.6% | #781 of 2,057 |
| 7Polk County, IA | 53 | 320 | 15.6 | $1.9M | +4.8% | #911 of 2,057 |
| 8Pottawattamie County, IA | 52 | 40 | 10.6 | $2.5M | −0.7% | #932 of 2,057 |
| 9Boone County, IA | 50 | 12 | 11.0 | $2.5M | +0.4% | #1,016 of 2,057 |
| 10Black Hawk County, IA | 50 | 63 | 11.5 | $2.2M | +0.4% | #1,037 of 2,057 |
| 19Dubuque County, IA | 43 | 52 | 12.7 | $2.2M | +0.1% | #1,362 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Dubuque County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
- Home repair trades43
- HVAC and plumbing40
- Electricians53
- Roofing and gutters45
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control29
- Landscaping and lawn care28
- House cleaning48
- Pest control38
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Dubuque County, IA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 52 home repair companies in Dubuque County. 2 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 73 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 4.3% from 2019.
How much do households in Dubuque County, IA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $111.9M a year, or $2,729 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 52 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 40,989 households in Dubuque County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dubuque County, IA compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Dubuque County has 12.7 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.2M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Dubuque County would have about 46, against 52 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 561 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Dubuque County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Dubuque County at 99,381 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,989 households. The median household income in Dubuque County is $77,630 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.2% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Dubuque County scores 43 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,362 of 2,057 scored counties.
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